{"id":27619,"date":"2020-09-10T10:52:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T14:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/?p=27619"},"modified":"2021-02-22T13:11:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:11:13","slug":"james-s-1979-el-camino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/james-s-1979-el-camino\/","title":{"rendered":"James S\u2019s 1979 El Camino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James Smith took delivery of his 1979 El Camino in April, 1979.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It started life as a Royal Knight SS, he ordered it with a 350ci engine but it came with a 305. Instead of refusing it he kept it, upgrading it over the years. After three years he upgraded the transmission from a T200 to a turbo 350 and drove it daily for 10 years before parking it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When James\u2019s son turned 15 he decided to make the 1979 El Camino a father and son project, beginning the restoration and upgrading! He replaced the 305 with a 400ci bored small block, added Edelbrock Performer aluminum heads, Crane 3\/4 race cam, Edelbrock RPM air gap intake, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/category\/elcamino-holley.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Holley<\/a> 750 cfm carburetor. This car is considered family, runs good, sounds good, gets lots of looks and better yet\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cNot many El Caminos are around anymore so it\u2019s really good at winning trophies and plaques at the car shows we attend.\u201d<\/p><cite>&#8211; James S<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Smith took delivery of his 1979 El Camino in April, 1979. It started life as a Royal Knight SS, he ordered it with a 350ci engine but it came with a 305. Instead of refusing it he kept it, upgrading it over the years. After three years he upgraded the transmission from a T200 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":21302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,201],"tags":[258],"class_list":["post-27619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-cars","category-el-camino","tag-1979-el-camino"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/James-Smiths-1979-El-Camino3.jpg",1200,675,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/James-Smiths-1979-El-Camino3-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/James-Smiths-1979-El-Camino3-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/James-Smiths-1979-El-Camino3-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/James-Smiths-1979-El-Camino3-1024x576.jpg",800,450,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/James-Smiths-1979-El-Camino3.jpg",1200,675,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/James-Smiths-1979-El-Camino3.jpg",1200,675,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ground Up Content Team","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/author\/klaclair\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"James Smith took delivery of his 1979 El Camino in April, 1979. It started life as a Royal Knight SS, he ordered it with a 350ci engine but it came with a 305. Instead of refusing it he kept it, upgrading it over the years. 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